LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

frustum

frustum n (genitive frustī)
Classical[ˈfrʊs.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfrus.tum]

Meaning

  1. neutera piece, bit
  2. neutercrumb, morsel, scrap of food

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefrustumfrusta
genitivefrustīfrustōrum
dativefrustōfrustīs
accusativefrustumfrusta
ablativefrustōfrustīs
vocativefrustumfrusta

frustum, i, n.,
I. a piece, bit (syn.: fragmentum, segmentum).
I. Lit., of food (class.): frusto panis conduci potest, vel uti taceat, vel uti loquatur, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10: necesse est, offa objecta cadere frustum ex pulli ore cum pascitur, Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27: esculenta, id. Phil. 2, 25 fin. (also ap. Quint. 9, 4, 44): viscera pars in frusta secant, verubusque trementia figunt, Verg. A. 1, 212: lardi semesa frusta, Hor. S. 2, 6, 85: sunt qui frustis et pomis viduas venentur avaras, id. Ep. 1, 1, 78: capreae, Juv. 11, 142: nudum et frusta rogantem, scraps, id. 3, 210: solidae frusta farinae, lumps, id. 5, 68; cf. 14, 128.—
II. Transf., in gen., a piece as a small part of a whole (very rare; not in Cic.): unde soluta fere oratio, et e singulis non membris sed frustis collata, structura caret, Quint. 8, 5, 27; so (opp. membra), id. 4, 5, 25; cf.: philosophiam in partes, non in frusta dividam, Sen. Ep. 89: frusta pannorum, rags, Amm. 15, 12, 2.—Comically: frustum pueri, you bit of a boy! Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 68.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrustós
  3. Proto-Italic*frustom
  4. Latinfrustum

From Proto-Italic *frustom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrus-tós, from *bʰrews- (“to break up, cut”).

Italo-Romance
  • Italianfrusto
Borrowings
  • Englishfrustum
Elsewhere
  • Vulgar Latin*frustiāre

In English words that came into English from frustum

  • frustumfrustum
  • frush*frustiō
  • frustulefrustulum
  • frustulumfrustulum

Quick answers

What does frustum mean in Latin?
frustum, a noun, means “a piece, bit; crumb, morsel, scrap of food”.
What is the genitive of frustum?
The genitive singular is frustī. frustum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce frustum?
In classical Latin, [ˈfrʊs.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfrus.tum].
Where does frustum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- → Proto-Indo-European *bʰrustós → Proto-Italic *frustom → Latin frustum.
Which English words come from frustum?
English words that go back to Latin frustum include frustum, frush, frustule and frustulum.